Intentional Living: Weekly Goals

We made it through last week.  Jake had some work travel.  We had people coming and doing to get the new HVAC unit installed.  My week was altered and adjusted as needed so I could be home whenever they needed to get access to the house to do their work.  Thankfully we were able to get the HVAC completely installed by Saturday and it appears to be working well.  It will be nice to have cool air once the heat hits.  This week is a little closer to normal, however, I have a lot of appointments due to last week being a little more flexible.  The girls will still be busy with homework and some more State testing, but I am hoping that it will not be as intense this week.  If all goes well I hope to get a lot accomplished this week.  Here are my goals for this week:

Last week’s goals

Family Goals

1. Finish reading Boxcar Children’s Blue Bay Mystery (Boxcar Children Series #6) by Gertrude Chandler Warner to the kids – working on it, we got some done this past weekend
2. Plan one special activity with the family
3. Play a Game with the Kids – played a couple games with the kids Destination USA, Life, and more
4. Prepare for Upcoming Spring Events
5. Spend time Monday –Friday helping the kids with Homework
6. Attend After School Activities
7. Lunch Boxes & Book Bags packed the night before
8. Prep for upcoming Family Adventure(s)
9. Prep & Figure out Schedule for upcoming Summer Break – getting closer to having the schedule figured out
10. Ride Bikes with the Kids – didn’t get to this one
11. Work on special projects with the kids
12. Mail Mother’s Day Cards
13. Celebrate Mother’s Day with Family

Personal Goals

1. Drink 8 glasses of water each day
2. Continue my YouVersion plan(s) – my app is acting up, hoping to get the kinks worked out this week
3. Keep up with my FitBit Goals – I had some great days, but was still a little off by the end of the week
4. Go to my  Doctor Appointments Scheduled this week
5. Update Counting My Blessings and Other journal entries daily

Home (Yard & Pets) Management Goals

1. All laundry for the week washed, folded, and put away in one day – it took more than one day with all the activity going on
2. Weekly Dinner Menu planned out for the week
3. Clean House (Focus – All Winter Clothes Pulled out of Closets & Dressers and Put into the Attic) – the attic was a busy place with HVAC people coming and going so tried to stay out of their way this week
4. Organize Chaos (Focus – All pictures downloaded & organized from Atlanta trip)
5. Yard / Garage Cleanup (Focus – Re-Stain the Deck – weather permitting) – didn’t re-stain deck, but got several other items done
6. Pet Care (Focus – Pick up Dog and Goat Food) – we also took Skipper to get her annual shots
7. Repairs – (Focus – Replace our HVAC Unit – it died a few weeks ago the joys of owning an older home)

Business Goals

1. Work on ideas for upcoming blog posts
2. Respond to Inquiry – Business Relation Emails – a couple more to get completed
3. Keep up with the day to day items that need my attention
4. Work completed for clients – have 2 more projects to tackle this week
5. Prep, plan, and organize content for upcoming summer months with kids out of school – making some good progress, hoping to tackle a lot more this week

Ministry Goals

1. Meet a friend or family member for Breakfast or Lunch

Financial Goals

1. Payoff the Car – working on it
2. Payoff Medical Bills – working on it – paid a couple off 
3. Payoff Other Outstanding Debt – (replacement microwave, refrigerator, hot water heater, bed, HVAC unit, and other debt) – working on it
4. Pay Bills & File Paperwork
5. Go grocery shopping one time to one store this week and stay within budget

My goals for the upcoming week

Family Goals

1. Finish reading Boxcar Children’s Blue Bay Mystery (Boxcar Children Series #6) by Gertrude Chandler Warner to the kids
2. Plan one special activity with the family
3. Play a Game with the Kids
4. Prepare for Upcoming Spring Events
5. Spend time Monday –Friday helping the kids with Homework
6. Attend After School Activities
7. Lunch Boxes & Book Bags packed the night before
8. Prep for upcoming Family Adventure(s)
9. Prep & Figure out Schedule for upcoming Summer Break
10. Ride Bikes with the Kids
11. Work on special projects with the kids
12. Attend Cousins Baby Shower
13. Kids glasses fixed
14. Kids orthodontist appointment

Personal Goals

1. Drink 8 glasses of water each day
2. Continue my YouVersion plan(s)
3. Keep up with my FitBit Goals
4. Go to my  Doctor Appointments Scheduled this week
5. Update Counting My Blessings and Other journal entries daily

Home (Yard & Pets) Management Goals

1. All laundry for the week washed, folded, and put away in one day
2. Weekly Dinner Menu planned out for the week
3. Clean House (Focus – All Winter Clothes Pulled out of Closets & Dressers and Put into the Attic)
4. Organize Chaos (Focus – Laundry Room)
5. Yard / Garage Cleanup (Focus – Deck Cleaned & Prepped)
6. Pet Care (Focus – Mix Extra Vitamins in Goat Food)
7. Repairs – (Focus – Pick Up Replacement Lightbulbs)

Business Goals

1. Work on ideas for upcoming blog posts
2. Respond to Inquiry – Business Relation Emails
3. Keep up with the day to day items that need my attention
4. Work completed for clients
5. Prep, plan, and organize content for upcoming summer months while the kids are out of school

Ministry Goals

1. Meet a friend or family member for Breakfast or Lunch

Financial Goals

1. Payoff the Car
2. Payoff Medical Bills
3. Payoff Other Outstanding Debt – (replacement microwave, refrigerator, hot water heater, bed, HVAC unit, and other debt)
4. Pay Bills & File Paperwork
5. Go grocery shopping one time to one store this week and stay within budget

I think it is important to share and encourage each other as we seek to improve our lives and the lives of those around us.  I want to live intentionally not just hope all my dreams and goals come true.  When I focus on small steps of improvement I am able to see results as I get closer to my goals.  Some weeks I get closer to the goals I have in my life and other weeks a take a few steps back (life happens, emergencies occur, people get sick).  Once the goals are written down and shared it provides a guideline for what I aim to accomplish this week.

Why Share My Goals?

• To keep me accountable
• To share a piece of my life with you as I strive to be a better Child of God, Wife, Mom, Friend, Homemaker, Entrepreneur and the many other roles I have each week
• To have my goals consistently written down so I can gauge progress more accurately
• Create healthy habits in my life
• To encourage you to share your goals with me as you continue to grown and learn

How did you do this week on your goals?  Feel free to share or link to your list of weekly goals.

The picture above is one that I created for my own purposes, however, The “SMART” acronym was originally coined 30 years ago by Peter Drucker in his classic work, Management by Results.